Engrave
Engrave
(, pathach’, to open, hence [in Piel] to carve or grave, whether on wood, gems, or stone; thrice , charash’, Exo 28:11; Exo 35:35; Exo 38:23, elsewhere artificer in general; , 2Co 3:7). The latter term, , so translated in the A.V., applies broadly to any artficer, whether in wood, stone, or metal: to restrict it to the engraver in Exo 35:35; Exo 38:23, is improper: a similar latitude must be given to the other term , which expresses the operation of the artificer; in Zec 3:9, ordinary stone-cutting is evidently intended. The specific description of an engraver was (Exo 28:11), lit. a stone- graver, and his chief business was cutting names or devices on rings and seals; the only notices of engraving are in connection with the high-priest’s dress, the two onyx-stones, the twelve jewels, and the mitre-plate having inscriptions on them (Exo 28:11; Exo 28:21; Exo 28:36). The previous notices of signets (Gen 38:18; Gen 41:42) imply engraving. The art was widely spread throfighout the nations of antiquity (For. Quar. Rev. 26:32, 27:40), particularly among the Egyptians (Diod. 1:78; Wilkinson, 3:373), the Ethiopians (Her. 7:69), and the Indians (Von Bohlen, Indien, 2:122). SEE GRAVING.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Engrave
“to imprint, engrave” (en, “in,” tupos, “a mark, impression, form, type”), is used of the “engraving” of the Law on the two stones, or tablets, 2Co 3:7. In the Sept., Exo 36:39 (some texts have ektupoo). See also GRAVEN.